Pharmacy Technician II

About the Role

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

Responsibilities

Essential Core Responsibilities

• Restocks floor stock and automated dispensing machines.
• Enters charges and credits against patient profiles to ensure accurate billing.
• Monitors medication order reports to assign medication to automated dispensing machines.
• Delivers all medication in compliance with DEA, DPH, and State Board of Pharmacy regulations.
• Repackages bulk supplies of medications in unit-of-use packaging in accordance with Federal USP and USP standards.
• Prepares and delivers IV medications in accordance with Federal USP and USP standards.
• Maintains records pertaining to IV admixtures, ensures cleanliness in sterile areas, and completes QA.
• Checks for expired medications within the pharmacy and automated dispensing cabinets.
• Ensures expired or damaged medications are disposed of in accordance with RCRA, OSHA, and NIOSH regulations.

Level-Specific Responsibilities

• Participates in the inspection of medication storage areas to ensure compliance with regulations and standards.
• Participates in drug procurement and receiving.
• Participates in automated dispensing systems inventory management.
• Participates in diversion prevention monitoring.
• Trains new staff in Central Pharmacy Operations, including:
  • Automated Dispensing Cabinet responsibilities
  • Medication monitoring reports
  • Restocking
  • Expiration date checking
• Trains new staff in extemporaneous non-sterile compounding and repackaging of medications in accordance with USP guidelines.
• Trains new staff in all Sterile Products areas, including:
  • Clean room operations
  • Documentation and QA
  • Compounding (Low/Medium Risk, High Risk, TPN, Neonatal, Hazardous, and chemotherapeutic)

Requirements

• 2–5 years of experience
• High School Diploma or GED
• Registered Technician with the State
• Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT)
• Sterile compounding experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced CPhT certification (CPhT-Adv)
• Hospital pharmacy experience

Pay

The base hourly wage range for this position is $25.73 – $34.62. Actual compensation is determined based on factors such as seniority, education, training, relevant experience, certifications, geography, job responsibilities, shift differentials, call pay, premium pay, overtime, and other applicable pay practices.

Additional Information

Beth Israel Lahey Health requires all staff to be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment. This is part of our commitment to protecting patients, colleagues, and communities.